Today
Big name Indigenous artists bring the love to Redfern
A high-end auction brings Indigenous art to the people, while Menzies hopes Kirk Douglas can be their hero.
- Elizabeth Fortescue
Yesterday
'Transfiguration'
Transfiguration, 2011, was created by Universal Everything and Realise Studio for the reopening of the digital arts gallery La Gaite Lyrique, Paris.
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‘Maison Autonome’ by Universal Everything
"It’s all about the figure in motion," says UE interactive creative director Joel Gethin Lewis.
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Defamation, disclaimers and the truth of ‘Baby Reindeer’
Throughout cinematic history, made-up stories have pretended to be true.
- Alexander Larman
Far from being cancelled, Gauguin is getting a major exhibition
Regardless of the circumstances of their creation, the 130-plus artworks in the NGA’s winter blockbuster are imbued with the magical energy of Polynesia.
- Dan F Stapleton
This Month
A cello or a house? The answer was easy for this virtuoso
Two airfares to get anywhere. A mortgage-sized outlay on a new instrument. The cello is an expensive addiction for Nicolas Altstaedt, who is touring with the ACO.
- Michael Bailey
Chicago The Musical gets away with murder
Review: The latest Australian production of Chicago is all big-city sass and swagger, set to hyper-mobile jazz age choreography and a bagful of great period-inspired songs.
- Michael Bailey
The unlikely father and daughter paying for King Lear
Barrister Katherine Brazenor has a taste for the darkly comic. No wonder she’s enlisted her father as a co-patron of the Bard’s play on a fatally dysfunctional family.
- Michael Bailey
Think you know this week’s news? Answer these 10 questions
Have you been paying attention this week? Test your knowledge across politics, business and world news.
- Daniel Arbon
Why diners under 30 are banned from this US restaurant
You need to be over 30 if you want to dine in this upmarket eatery.
- Emily Heil
Paris recaptures its position as global centre of contemporary art
Move aside London and New York. Post-Brexit, the French capital is reaping the benefits of major investment into its cultural identity.
- Brook Turner
Inside the world of art nouveau visionary who defied nazis, communists
A new Alphonse Mucha exhibition at the Art Gallery of NSW will give Australians their first meaningful exposure to a giant of Czech culture.
- Elizabeth Fortescue
Finally, a documentary about Midnight Oil
Paul Clarke’s ‘The Hardest Line’ is largely a celebration of the Oils that never ventures a word of criticism.
- John McDonald
Who, and what, is a ‘Rodent Man’?
Turns out it’s a good thing to look like a rat.
- The New York Times Style Desk
Selling a painting like it’s a mansion a plus for elite bidders
Del Kathryn Barton’s anatomy-bending work will be the tenth to be offered at private auction by Smith & Singer, a concept that borrows from high-end property sales.
Electronic duo Justice return to the dance floor
After an eight-year hiatus, the disruptive Parisian dance music duo unleash an overdose of electronica à la française.
- Divya Bala
Middle Kids make their case for the top
Review: If ever guitars, clever lyrics and winding melodies come back into chart fashion, Sydney’s Middle Kids will - by the sounds of Friday night’s hometown show - be in great shape to capitalise.
- Michael Bailey
Portrait of ‘reluctant sitter’ Tim Winton wins Archibald Prize
Sydney artist Laura Jones has won the $100,000 award for her painting of the writer, who says he looks like he has “the weight of the world on his shoulders”.
- Elizabeth Fortescue
Think you know this week’s news? Answer these 10 questions
Have you been paying attention this week? Test your knowledge across politics, business and world news.
- Daniel Arbon
How Donald Trump was created by a reality TV show
The Apprentice was an American fraud that ballooned beyond its creators’ wildest imaginations, one of the producers of the show says.
- Bill Pruitt
